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Pension \Pen"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Pensioning}.]
To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in
consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes
followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.
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One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles.
--Pope.
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Pension \Pen"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. pensio a paying, payment, fr.
pendere, pensum, to weight, to pay; akin to pend?re to hang.
See {Pendant}, and cf. {Spend}.]
1. A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [Obs.]
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The stomach's pension, and the time's expense.
--Sylvester.
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2. A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past
services; payment made to one retired from service, on
account of age, disability, or other cause; also, a
regular stipend paid by a government to retired public
officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers
killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like.
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To all that kept the city pensions and wages. --1
Esd. iv. 56.
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3. A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of
tithes. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
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4. [F., pronounced ?.] A boarding house or boarding school in
France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
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